El Papucho Mexican Food

The posole is super tasty. They made fresh and delicious corn tortillas to go with it.

This is a wonderful family-​owned restaurant serving excellent Mexican. The dollar crispy tacos are fantastic– they are each grilled to crispy perfection (no cheating with hard taco shells)! Th tamales are fluffy and flavorful; I especially enjoyed the corn tamale with sour cream. Enchiladas and quesadillas are also delicious. They make their own salsa and agua fresca! I have had two great meals here and can’t wait to come back for more!

If you are looking for delicious authentic Mexican food this is the place to go! Not the prettiest up to date establishment but their food more than makes up for it. Their food never disappoints from pozole, tamales, to breakfast burritos, they’re all excellent! Especially the $ 1 crispy chicken tacos. =)

This place was suggested to me by my hairdresser. A family owned business ran nicely with amazing food. The ambiance is so natural that for some time I felt I’m not in bay area. I ordered Quesadilla, Tamales, Chicken crispy tacos, chips and salsa. The salsa is awesome. It goes well with both quesadilla and tamales. Me and my friend ate a full lunch in just $ 5.75 each. Quality: Price ratio is very high. All in all, this place is totally recommended.

Short review: Comfortable family run business that treats you very well as a customer. The food is very good Mexican fare. Nothing super special, but predictable and well done. This is the kind of place that you could include in your daily or weekly routine. Consistent, friendly, good customer service, no frills, very reasonable price.

Good tacos

I have finally found a spot besides Guadalajara that makes a good chile relleno burrito! Soft tortilla warm and cheesy chile relleno. Plain awesomeness.

Located in a strip mall This is a mom and pops Mexican Restaurant. The front part is the restaurant the back half is a store. They sell old music cassettes and have old computers laying around… But the food is surprisingly good! The tortillas are thick too. Go for the food not the atmosphere!

Everyone knows how hard it is to find Chile Colorado, let alone good Chile Colorado.
Wandered into this place and found both. It gets 5 stars. It isn’t fancy. It isn’t expensive. It’s just really good.

We walked in about 6pm on the Saturday before Christmas. There were only a couple of other people there and it was obvious that the buffet (behind the counter) had been there all day. The place had REALLY dirty carpet on the floor and it just looked so unclean that we turned around and went somewhere else. We LOVE «hole-​in-​the-​wall» places and were really looking forward to trying this place for dinner… maybe the food is/​was good, but I just couldn’t get past the grim…

Tue-​Sat 10−8PM Sun 9:30−5PM
I like this restaraunt because it is a small mom and pop operations, well steeped in San Jose’s community (Just look at all the photos on the wall), so it is well worth the patronage.
I ordered some hard tacos and papusas to go for about 10 people. We all enjoyed the meal. El Papucho has some grocery items like spices, honey, sugar (from cane), snacks, and religious items. There are about 6 booths, and a large table for a large group. Great place to see a Chivas game!

Back for my Tacos. They are so good here. One of these days i will try something else.

Don’t get the tacos or super burritos. Get the food people recommend on other reviews. I walked in an hour before closing and got 2 tacos and a burrito; both were bland. I saw them microwaving multiple times. My to go order took around 15 minutes.

Stopped by today before work, I got a handful of different menu items and the food was excellent. Got the crispy tacos some pupusas and some tamales to share with coworkers. Great prices and the lady at the front was really nice. Still need to try the menudo though I hear good things about it. The place was recommended to me and I see why it’s a great place I’d recommend and have to others.

This place reminds me of my moms cooking. I always get great service and I haven’t tried one thing here that I didn’t like. The place itself reminds me of one I frequented in my youth where I grew up. Couple of comments on here about them being racist or rude, not sure about that. I haven’t experienced them be rude to anyone, no matter what the race, out of the 20+ times I’ve been here. If you don’t want great authentic home cooking at very affordable prices, then yes, taco bell will be glad to have your business.

We were originally planning to grab lunch at Dia de Pesca but were told it would be a 45 minute wait so we Unilocaled other Mexican places in the area and came across El Papucho. It really is a hole in the wall serving as both a convenience store and restaurant, but it felt very cozy because the owners were very down to earth and made us feel very welcome.
I ordered two crispy shell chicken tacos and one soft shell chicken taco, my dad ordered two soft shell chicken tacos and one crispy shell chicken taco, my mom ordered a medium carne asada burrito, and my sister ordered the super burrito. So much food for such a low price! The crispy shell tacos were each $ 0.99 (!!), the soft shell tacos were $ 1.75, and the super burrito was $ 7.50 but it was HUGE and we had to help my sister finish it. Among the four of us, the meal, including tax, came out to $ 21.99. Not bad at all for an authentic, tasty, and very filling meal, topped off with excellent service. I really felt like we were treated just like friends/​family. Parking was also very easy since it’s located in a strip mall.
One of the best value meals I’ve ever had! Definitely a place worth checking out if you’re in the area!

The dollar tacos were ok! I also tried the chicharon taco and wasn’t what I expected. It was soggy chicharon and wasn’t very pleasant in my mouth lol. I will come back to try everything else (Pupusas) of coarse!

Good authentic mexican food. also a mom and pop shop. owners are friendly and you can tell they work hard, which i like!
their lunch special is only 6.95 and you get plenty of food!
definitely a repeat customer here!

This place has potential, its a little whole in the wall type of place but the food and service make it your typical mom and popshop. You order at the counter and there are so many options to choose from.
I ordered the posole and my bf ordered tacos and pupusa. The posole was really good it had a lot of hominy and the broth was amazing, one thing I would have liked was more meat. I like my posole with an equal amount of meat and hominy. The posole itself came in a big bowl so there was plenty to take home. While you’re waiting they offer you salsa and chips, the salsa was really good.

I love that this place is a family owned business. The place seems kinda weird at first since it is initially a convenience store and a restaurant. The layout is very outdated and could use a new layout. But the food is fresh and always great. They have crispy tacos for 99cents and they are amazing! If you order a burrito with guacamole, the guacamole is made fresh to order! The lady cuts a fresh avocado and mixes it into a bowl, adds her ingredients and fresh it is! The prices are very decent too! If your near the area this is a small, convenient place to get a bite to eat!